For the primary time in DI softball historical past, the highest total seed within the event has didn’t advance from its personal regional. It is the doing of the Liberty Flames, who surprised No. 1 Texas A&M at house in Faculty Station 6-5 in a Sport 7.
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The sport was the second matchup between the 2 packages on Sunday night after Texas A&M stayed alive with a 14-11 win in Sport 6. Sport 7 introduced a winner-takes-all matchup, and it did not disappoint.
The Aggies jumped out to a 3-0 lead after three innings and held the Flames scoreless by means of 4 innings. Liberty lastly bought on the board due to a solo house run from Rachel Roupe within the fifth inning that hit the left discipline videoboard, giving the underdogs hope coming into crunch time.
getting on the board by hitting the board >>> pic.twitter.com/3xdHaThilm
— Liberty Softball (@LibertySB) Could 19, 2025
Then got here the sixth inning.
Liberty was on the plate first, and the highest of the sixth bought off to a wild begin — actually. After KK Madrey walked on a 4-1 rely, she then superior into scoring place at second base due to a wild pitch. A number of batters later, Savannah Jessee was up on the plate with two outs. She went yard, 248 toes, to tie up the sport.
JESSER SUE TIES IT UP! pic.twitter.com/ruasSYg0S5
— Liberty Softball (@LibertySB) Could 19, 2025
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Texas A&M pitcher Emiley Kennedy walked the following batter earlier than she was taken out of the sport for Grace Sparks after Kennedy got here in for starter Sydney Lessentine within the fifth inning. If not for the mound change, you may need seen deja vu later within the sixth inning when Roupe was as much as bat, now with two runners on base.
It was a special pitcher and a special variety of runners on base. But, it was the identical batter, the identical quantity of outs (two), and the ball went in the identical location — the videoboard.
ROUPE DOES IT AGAIN 👏 pic.twitter.com/y61SyrFDZV
— Liberty Softball (@LibertySB) Could 19, 2025
The house run gave Liberty a 6-3 lead with 1.5 innings to play. Nonetheless, Texas A&M wasn’t going to let its season finish and not using a struggle. Allie Enright hit a solo house run of her personal within the backside of the sixth earlier than Kramer Eschete reached house plate later within the inniinningmake the rating 6-5 Flames coming into the seventh.
begin chippin’ ⛏️@allieenrightt | #GigEm pic.twitter.com/4eVr7J7RHO
— Texas A&M Softball (@AggieSoftball) Could 19, 2025
one run sport!@KokoWooley | #GigEm pic.twitter.com/nO9ubqKf9Q
— Texas A&M Softball (@AggieSoftball) Could 19, 2025
Liberty wasn’t ready so as to add to its lead within the prime of the seventh after a 1-2-3 inning. Then, Texas A&M was on the plate needing one run to avoid wasting its season.
The Aggies bought two runners on base earlier than Eschete was on the plate, going through a 3-2 rely with two outs. Liberty’s Kaylan Yoder was on the mound on the ball left her hand, discovering the again of the catcher’s mitt. The Flames pulled off the highest upset of the primary spherical, knocking off Texas A&M and advancing to its first-ever Tremendous Regional spherical in its softball program’s historical past.
YODER GETS IT DONE!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/OlaHPJJqLB
— Liberty Softball (@LibertySB) Could 19, 2025
Stan Becton joined NCAA.com in 2021 and has since served as a school soccer, FCS soccer, observe and discipline, cross nation and HBCU beat reporter. He has coated quite a few NCAA championship occasions, together with the FCS Championship, DI Observe & Subject Championships and Males’s Frozen 4. Moreover, he has coated the Faculty Soccer Playoff and HBCU sporting occasions just like the Celebration Bowl, MEAC/SWAC Problem and Legacy Basic. Stan graduated from Carnegie Mellon College, incomes a level in Skilled Writing and enjoying soccer as a five-year letterman. You may comply with him on Twitter @stan_becton.
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